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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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