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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that lecturers 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)