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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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