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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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