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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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