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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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