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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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