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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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