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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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