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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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