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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure 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 business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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