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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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