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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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