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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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