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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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