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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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