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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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