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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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