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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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