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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major 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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