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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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