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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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