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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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