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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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