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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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