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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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