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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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