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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in 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. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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