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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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