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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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