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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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