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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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