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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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