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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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