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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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