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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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