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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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