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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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