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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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