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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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