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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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