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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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