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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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