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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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