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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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