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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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