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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing 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 authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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