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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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