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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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