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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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