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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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