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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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