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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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