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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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