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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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