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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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