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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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