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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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