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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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