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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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