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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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