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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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