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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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