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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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