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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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