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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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