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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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