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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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