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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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