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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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