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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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