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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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