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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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