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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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