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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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