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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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