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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies 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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