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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors 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 organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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