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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major 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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