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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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