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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers 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 organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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