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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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