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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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