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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students 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 a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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