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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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