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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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