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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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