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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors 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 organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education ventures. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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