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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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