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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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