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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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