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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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