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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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