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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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