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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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