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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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