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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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