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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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