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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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