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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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