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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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