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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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