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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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