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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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