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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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