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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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