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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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