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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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