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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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