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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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