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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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