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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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