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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines 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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