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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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