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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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