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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key 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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