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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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