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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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