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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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