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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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