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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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