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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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