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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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