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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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