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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive 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 stimulating new book also describes 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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