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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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