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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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