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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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