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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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