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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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