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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also discusses 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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