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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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