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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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