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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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