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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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