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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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