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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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