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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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