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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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