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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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