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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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