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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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