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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key 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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