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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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