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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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