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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting 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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