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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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