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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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