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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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