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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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