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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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