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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC 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 Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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