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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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