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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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