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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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