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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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