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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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