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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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