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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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