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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key 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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