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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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