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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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