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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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