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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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