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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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