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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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