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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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