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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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