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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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