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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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