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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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