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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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