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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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