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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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