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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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