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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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