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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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