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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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