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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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