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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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