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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)