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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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