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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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