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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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