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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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