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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers 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 Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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