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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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