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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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