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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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