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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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