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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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