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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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