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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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