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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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