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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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