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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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