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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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