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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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