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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes 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 online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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