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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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