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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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