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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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