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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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