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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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