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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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