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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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