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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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