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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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