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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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