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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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