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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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