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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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