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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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