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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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