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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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