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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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