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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important 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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