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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the 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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