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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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