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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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