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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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