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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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