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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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