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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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