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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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