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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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