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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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