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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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