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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers 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 Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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