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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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