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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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