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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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