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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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