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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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