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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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