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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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