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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data 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 topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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