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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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