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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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