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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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