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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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