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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take 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. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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