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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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