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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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