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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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