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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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