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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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