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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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