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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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