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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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