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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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