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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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