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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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