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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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