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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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