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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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