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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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