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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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