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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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