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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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