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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. 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. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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