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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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