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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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