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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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