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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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