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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free 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 many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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