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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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