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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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