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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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