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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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