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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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