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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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