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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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