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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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