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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources