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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major 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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