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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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