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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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