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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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