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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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