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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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