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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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