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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed 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 Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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