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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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