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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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