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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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