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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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