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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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