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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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