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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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