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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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