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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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