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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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