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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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