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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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