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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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