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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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