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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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