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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation 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 institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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