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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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