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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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