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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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