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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes 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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