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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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