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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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