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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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