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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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