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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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