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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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