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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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