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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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