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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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