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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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