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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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