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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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