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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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