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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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