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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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