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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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