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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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