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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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