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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, South to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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