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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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