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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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