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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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