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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers 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 Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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