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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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