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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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