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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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