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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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