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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? 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 stakeholders 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 better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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