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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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