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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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