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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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