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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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