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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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