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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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