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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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