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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure 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 Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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