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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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