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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses 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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