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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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