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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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