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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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