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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources