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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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