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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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