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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers 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 business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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