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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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