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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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