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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts 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 topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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