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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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