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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers 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 business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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