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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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