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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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