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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online 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 institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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