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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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