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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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