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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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