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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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