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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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