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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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