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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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