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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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