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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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