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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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