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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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