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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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