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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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