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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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