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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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