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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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