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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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