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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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