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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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