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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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