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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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