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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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