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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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