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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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