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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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