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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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