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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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