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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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