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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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