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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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