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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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