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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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