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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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