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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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