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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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