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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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