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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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