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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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