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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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