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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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