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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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