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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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