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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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