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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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