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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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