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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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