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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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