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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly 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 learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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