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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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