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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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