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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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