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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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