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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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