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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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