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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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