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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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