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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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