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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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