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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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