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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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