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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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