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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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