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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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