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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students 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 strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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