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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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