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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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