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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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