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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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