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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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