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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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