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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants 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 business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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