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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the most important 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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