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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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