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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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