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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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