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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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