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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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