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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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