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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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