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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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