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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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