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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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