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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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