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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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