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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the 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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