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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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