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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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