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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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