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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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