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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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