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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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