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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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