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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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