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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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