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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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