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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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