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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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