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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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