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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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