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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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