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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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