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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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