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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes 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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