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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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