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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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