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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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