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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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