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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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