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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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