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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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