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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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