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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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