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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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