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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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