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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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