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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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