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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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