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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle 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 quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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