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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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