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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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