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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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