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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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