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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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