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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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