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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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