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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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