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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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