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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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