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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the 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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