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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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