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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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