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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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