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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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