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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers 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 institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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