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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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