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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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