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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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