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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed 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 institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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