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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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