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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about 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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