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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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