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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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