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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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