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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open 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 Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the 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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