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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants 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 customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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