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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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