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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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