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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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