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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly 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 amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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