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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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