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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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