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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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