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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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