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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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