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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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