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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure 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 United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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